A book version of the Shorthand posts is available. The book contains more biographical and system information. From the back cover: Sho...

Liverpool--Birthplace of Gregg Shorthand John, age twenty-six,  arrived in Boston three weeks later greeted by Rutherford and an acqua...

John Robert Gregg was born on June 17, 1867, to Robert Gregg and Margaret Johnson in Shantonagh, Ireland. He was the youngest of five c...

Alfred, Isaac, and Ernest in 1889 Concurrent with the spread of Phonography , Isaac engaged himself with another cause. A cause he consi...

Sir Isaac Pitman (1813—1897) was born January 4, 1813, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire to Samuel Pitman and Maria Davis. Isaac was the third ...

Not much is known about the life of Samuel Taylor (1749—1811). His contemporaries were practically silent on his life, character, and wor...

John Byrom (1692—1763) was leap year baby born on February 29, 1692, near Manchester to a prosperous merchant. He entered Trinity College...